Laser Treatment For Earth-Bound Asteroids

arisvega writes "A recent publication (for the math-versed) proposing the deployment of a Solar-powered, space-borne fleet of LASER cannons that would deflect Earth-bound asteroids caught the attention of international news agencies. Do you think this ambition can in reasonable time turn into a fair-priced, life-saving (or indeed Biosphere-saving!) project, that will be to the benefit of all mankind? How threatened would you feel from the possibility of this proposed array being hijacked by extremely depraved individuals, ones capable or guilty of great crimes? And, are you not glad that now someone has published a paper on it, so Megacorp cannot 'patent' this Earth-saving idea?"

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Re:Not necessarily weaponizable....

[tqk]

There was a story a while ago this year about battleships with lasers powerful enough to burn through 20 feet of steel in 1 second. These are nuclear (under)powered battleships with enough juice to do this.

I know this might be a tad predictable, but... Citation needed.

I hope this is a bit predictable too. Fuck off!

If you're here, you're interested in technology. Anyone in this century who's interested in technology should be well able to use a web search engine. Asshole!

Try this: "laser military" in ixquick.com yields this for starters.

Stop being such a fucking pussy!